A 71-year-old Zambian woman underwent a 'challenging' double-knee surgery at a hospital located in national Capital. The elderly woman who had to crawl the floor to go to the toilet is now able to walk with the support of a walker after the surgery.
After undergoing a knee replacement surgery in her country four years ago, Lenahnahmushamo from Lusaka came to India recently.
“She had dislocated both the knees after knee replacement and this was a very difficult situation because all the ligaments around the knee were damaged,” a hospital spokesperson said on Saturday.
According to Dr Yash Gulati Senior Consultant, Orthopeadics, at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, where the surgery has been conducted, said that she could not stand and obviously could not walk at all.
“She had to crawl on the floor to go to toilet. After the surgery she is now able to walk with the support of a walker which will also be discarded in a few weeks,” the doctor said.
“The surgery has been done in two stages. To salvage this situation is a very difficult option because one has have to remove all the previous implants and then re-implant a special type of device which can take care of ligaments for ensuring stability,” he said.The patient was obese which made the surgery all the more difficult, said the doctor.
